The Buzz on Maggie
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40 free The Buzz on Maggie trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
The Buzz on Maggie ran for a single season in 2005 and 2006, and it has stuck with the people who grew up on it: a slapstick cartoon about an ambitious 13-year-old insect, her parents and siblings, and the junior high where most of her schemes come apart. This quiz game covers the show from every side. There are questions on Maggie, her siblings and her classmates, on the plots of individual segments, on the voice cast (several of whom you will know from far bigger cartoons), and on the artists and writers who gave the series its retro look and its theme song. It is built for fans who went looking for the old Maggie games online and for anyone in the mood for some mid-2000s cartoon nostalgia. Every answer comes with a short explanation, so even the ones you miss leave you knowing more about the show.
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Q 01What kind of insect is Maggie, the ambitious 13-year-old heroine of The Buzz on Maggie?
A fly
A fly, Maggie lives in a world built on insect habits, right down to her kind's appetite for spoiled and rotten food.
Q 02Which network premiered The Buzz on Maggie with two back-to-back episodes on a Friday?
Disney Channel
Disney Channel moved the series into its weekend block just one week later.
Q 03In The Buzz on Maggie, Maggie's family lives inside which discarded household container?
A milk carton
A milk carton is home to six: Maggie, her parents, two brothers and a little sister.
Q 04What does Maggie, the impulsive tween at the center of The Buzz on Maggie, aspire to become?
A rock star
A rock star is the goal, and chasing it on impulse, against the rules and her parents' wishes, keeps landing her in jeopardy.
Q 05The insect city in The Buzz on Maggie is built in what kind of human place?
A junkyard
A junkyard setting gave director Dave Wasson what he called a lot of visual opportunities.
Q 06As a homecoming prank in The Buzz on Maggie, what does Maggie try to land on her principal's face?
A pie
A pie is her weapon of choice, and the segment is simply titled Pieface.
Q 07For which holiday do Maggie and her friends venture into the human world in The Buzz on Maggie?
Halloween
Halloween sends the bugs trick-or-treating among humans in The Big Score, paired with a second spooky segment called Scare Wars.
Q 08Which actress, Susie Carmichael in Rugrats, voices Maggie's best friend in The Buzz on Maggie?
Cree Summer
Cree Summer won over the Hartford Courant's critic, who called her performance as the sidekick wonderfully deadpan.
Q 09Which actress, Bubbles in The Powerpuff Girls, voices Maggie's nemesis Dawn in The Buzz on Maggie?
Tara Strong
Tara Strong pulls double duty on the series, also voicing Maggie's youngest sibling, Bella.
Q 10In The Buzz on Maggie, Maggie disguises herself as what insect to audition for her favorite team?
A bee
A bee is the only kind of member the team will take, and a famous one at that, in the pun-titled segment Spelling Bees.
Q 11What is the name of the suburban insect metropolis where The Buzz on Maggie takes place?
Stickyfeet
Stickyfeet comes under threat in one episode, when humans plan to clear the whole site for new construction.
Q 12What is the first name of Maggie's best friend and classmate in The Buzz on Maggie?
Rayna
Rayna is drawn into most of Maggie's schemes, from sneaking into violent movies to dodging the work on a science project.
Q 13What is the name of Maggie's football-playing older brother in The Buzz on Maggie?
Aldrin
Aldrin is the sibling to beat: Maggie tries to outdo him herself, then invents a new game so their little brother can win for once.
Q 21In The Buzz on Maggie, Maggie gives a homecoming makeover to Maria, a nerdy insect of what kind?
A butterfly
A butterfly named Maria emerges from the makeover as a real rival to Dawn for Homecoming Queen.
Q 22Maggie and her youngest sibling Bella audition in The Buzz on Maggie for a commercial selling what?
Baby food
Baby food is the product in Sister Act, one of the segments built around the infant of the household.
Q 23Scum Bites, sold in a school charity drive in The Buzz on Maggie, are what kind of product?
Candy
Candy called Scum Bites turns a charity fund drive into a sales duel between Maggie and her nemesis Dawn.
Q 14What is the fitting surname of Maggie and her family in The Buzz on Maggie?
Pesky
Pesky suits a family of household pests, and the writers worked the name into two episode titles.
Q 15What subject does the pompous Mr. Bugspit teach at Buzzdale Academy in The Buzz on Maggie?
History
History follows Maggie home in one episode, when her teacher strikes up a friendship with her father.
Q 16The Buzz on Maggie was its studio's first series animated entirely with which software?
Adobe Flash
Adobe Flash got the nod because director Dave Wasson had already used it on commercials and short films.
Q 17Which accessory do characters in The Buzz on Maggie wear as a homage to 1930s cartoon shorts?
White gloves
White gloves are one of what director Dave Wasson called a lot of 1930s touches, borrowed from Tex Avery and Warner Bros. shorts.
Q 18Which singer, a Britney Spears tour opener, performed the theme song of The Buzz on Maggie?
Skye Sweetnam
Skye Sweetnam, from Ontario, went on to provide Barbie's singing voice in The Barbie Diaries.
Q 19What is the title of the theme song of The Buzz on Maggie, an anthem about pride and acceptance?
Just the Way I Am
Just the Way I Am was written by Bob Thiele Jr. and Dillon O'Brian, and one critic wrote that every episode explodes with it.
Q 20The theme song of The Buzz on Maggie earned its two writers a nomination at which awards?
Daytime Emmys
Daytime Emmys voters shortlisted it for Outstanding Original Song, but the prize went to a tune from the soap The Young and the Restless.
Q 24Maggie volunteers as a child's mentor in The Buzz on Maggie and is matched with a cranky what?
A cocoon
A cocoon is her charge in the pun-titled segment Metamorpho Sis, and Maggie soon regrets signing up.
Q 25In The Buzz on Maggie, what tiny pet does Maggie sneak home after her parents refuse to allow it?
A germ
A germ becomes her secret pet in the segment Germy, and training it goes badly even before her parents find out.
Q 26In The Buzz on Maggie, Maggie reluctantly goes on a date with what kind of insect?
A stinkbug
A stinkbug is her unwanted date in a segment aptly titled Love Stinks.
Q 27Working as a restaurant maid in The Buzz on Maggie, Maggie tells her parents she has what job?
Head chef
Head chef is the lie she tells in Le Termite, a segment set at a gourmet restaurant.
Q 28In The Buzz on Maggie, humans threaten to tear down Maggie's home city to build what?
A strip mall
A strip mall is the threat in Bugs on the Brink, and Maggie's rescue plan is to pass off her best friend as an endangered beetle.
Q 29When the kids strike for bigger allowances in The Buzz on Maggie, whom do Maggie's parents hire?
Roaches
Roaches are brought in to do the children's chores, which rather takes the sting out of the strike.
Q 30For her school newspaper in The Buzz on Maggie, Maggie investigates living conditions inside what?
An ant farm
An ant farm owned by a human kid turns out to be a better place to live than she expected, so she writes a false article instead.